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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Aconitum columbianumColumbian monkshood01
Actaea spicataHerb Christopher, Baneberry01
Allium macrostemonNo-Binu32
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Angelica laxiflora 01
Angelica pubescensDu Huo23
Apium graveolensWild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian)33
Apium graveolens dulceCelery42
Apium graveolens rapaceumCeleriac42
Apium graveolens secalinumLeaf Celery42
Arnica angustifolia alpinaMountain Tobacco03
Arnica cordifoliaHeartleaf Arnica02
Arnica diversifoliaRayless arnica01
Arnica fulgensHillside Arnica, Foothill arnica02
Arnica montanaArnica, Mountain arnica03
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Asparagus cochinchinensisChinese Asparagus33
Asparagus filicinusFern Asparagus21
Aster cordifoliusCommon Blue Wood Aster21
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Cedrus atlanticaAtlas Deodar, Atlantic cedar02
Centella asiaticaGotu Kola, Spadeleaf25
Centranthus ruberRed Valerian, Fox's Brush, Jupiter's Beard21
Chamaemelum nobileChamomile, Roman chamomile25
Corydalis solidaFumewort, Spring fumewort13
Cucurbita maximaWinter Squash53
Cypripedium acauleNerve Root, Moccasin flower, Ladyslipper Orchid, Pink Lady's Slipper03
Cypripedium calceolus parviflorumNerve Root03
Cypripedium calceolus pubescensNerve Root03
Dianthus caryophyllusCarnation, Clove Pink, Border Carnation22
Doronicum pardalianchesGreat Leopard's Bane01
Eleutherococcus trifoliatus 11
Ephedra distachyaSea Grape, Jointfir24
Ephedra majorMa Huang14
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Eryngium caucasicum 01
Erysimum cheiriWallflower, Aegean wallflower02
Eupatorium chinense 12
Eupatorium japonicumPei Lan13
Eupatorium purpureumGravel Root13
Ferula moschataMusk Root02
Ferula narthexFerula22
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Inula britannica chinensisXuan Fu Hua13
Lachnanthes carolinaRed Root02
Lactuca canadensisCanada Lettuce23
Laurelia sempervirensChilean Laurel21
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwort, Common motherwort23
Leonurus sibiricusChinese Motherwort, Honeyweed23
Ligusticum wallichiiChuan Xiong03
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Liriodendron tulipiferaTulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Canary Whitewood12
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Lobelia dortmannaWater Lobelia, Dortmann's cardinalflower02
Lobelia inflataIndian Tobacco03
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Monotropa unifloraIndian Pipe23
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Nepeta catariaCatmint, Catnip32
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Panax ginsengGinseng, Chinese ginseng25
Polygala sibiricaYuan Zhi13
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower, European pasqueflower03
Pyrus pyrifoliaSand Pear, Chinese pear41
Pyrus pyrifolia cultaAsian Pear41
Rohdea japonica 02
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Sanicula marylandicaMaryland Sanicle02
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Schisandra sphenanthera 25
Scutellaria baicalensisBaikal Skullcap - Huang-Qin13
Scutellaria galericulataCommon Skullcap, Marsh skullcap03
Scutellaria laterifloraVirginian Skullcap, Blue skullcap03
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Teucrium marumCat Thyme02
Ulmus japonicaJapanese Elm21
Umbellularia californicaCalifornia Laurel, California Bay42
Valeriana capitataValerian, Captiate valerian11
Valeriana celtica 11
Valeriana dioicaMarsh Valerian, Woods valerian11
Valeriana fauriei 01
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Valeriana obovataTobacco Root21
Valeriana occidentaliswestern valerian11
Valeriana officinalisValerian, Garden valerian23
Valeriana phu 21
Valeriana sambucifolia 23
Valeriana sitchensisAmerican Valerian, Sitka valerian13
Valeriana toluccana 22
Viburnum prunifoliumStagberry, Black Haw, Hybrid blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum23
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Bacopa monnieriHerb of Grace, Brahmi, Smooth Water Hyssop34
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
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